page_title: Dalmeny
section_title: Parish Church
hierarchical_section_title: Dalmeny / Parish Church
caption_attribution_description: English: Dalmeny Church circa 1900
context_page_description: Dalmeny is a village and parish in Scotland. It is located on the south side of the Firth of Forth, 1 mile southeast of South Queensferry and 8 miles west of Edinburgh city centre. It lies within the traditional boundaries of West Lothian, and falls under the local governance of the City of Edinburgh Council.
context_section_description: The present church building was built around 1130, possibly by Gospatric, Earl of Dunbar, and is recognised as the finest Norman/Romanesque parish church still in use in Scotland, and one of the most complete in the United Kingdom, lacking only its original western tower, which was replaced in a sympathetic style in 1937 having been long absent.  The aisleless nave, choir and apse survive almost complete from the 12th century.  The refined sculptural detail of the chancel and apse arches is notable, as is a series of powerful beast-head corbels supporting the apse vault.  These features are also extremely well preserved, with the original tool-marks still visible.  The elaborate south doorway is carved with symbols representing a bestiary and an "agnus dei", enlivened with blind arcading above. The door is comparable to the north door at Dunfermline Abbey. Nearby is a rare 12th-century sarcophagus carved with 13 doll-like figures (possibly Christ and the 12 apostles) in niches (now very weathered). The churchyard also has a number of fine 17th- and 18th-century gravestones. Interments in the churchyard include the advocate and historian John Hill Burton (1809–81).
  The north (Rosebery) aisle dates from 1671 and was remodelled in the late 19th century. This has elaborate but "inaccurate" Neo-Norman details. The church is a category A listed building.
caption: Dalmeny Church circa 1900
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